“Going to a job, going to a fire is almost as good as an orgasm. Going to a shooting is almost like a heroin fix to me.” Newly retired multimedia journalist Todd Maisel looks back on 38 years shooting and covering New York City.
Bonus video, if you’d like more Maisel—he spoke last year with Alex Brook Lynn last year for her Don’t Bury the Lede celebration of New York journalism. Check it out!
And two pieces of, well, personal pod news to share: First, thebrick.house cooperative is finally live, and we very much hope that you’ll join us there to read and support a pretty incredible array of journalism, culture and art, including this here podcast.
And second, our People’s Podcast project is now in progress, and we very much hope that you, person, will be a part of it by calling 917-475-0610 or emailing peoplespod@faq.nyc to let us know what New York City stories you want covered and what questions answered so that we can try to get on those stories and to get you some of those answers.
